MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES *
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
At least 124 hrs. (of which 45 must be Junior/Senior hrs. — courses numbered 300 or above) must be completed for graduation.
Completing the minimum requirements listed on this page will result in 109 overall hrs. and 45 Jr/Sr hrs.
Double majors must complete at least 15 hrs. unique to the major.
* This degree is offered at the EDWARDS campus ONLY. Junior/Senior level BIOL courses for this degree must be completed at the Edwards campus.
Declaration of Major forms for Molecular Biosciences must be signed by an Edwards campus advisor. Contact Dan Mueller at 913–897–8659 (x4–8659) for more information
I. General College Requirements (33 hrs.):
English (9 hrs.): ENGL 101 ___; ENGL 102 (or 105) ___;
ENGL 203 (or 205, 209, 210, 211, 362) ___
Argument & Reason(3 hrs., one of the following):____ COMS 130/230,
PHIL 148/310
Western Civilization (6 hrs.): HWC 204 (or 114) ___ and
HWC 205 (or 115) ___
Principal Course and/or Foreign Language Requirements (No more than one course from each topical subgroup from the principal course list can be applied toward fulfillment of this requirement. See: http://www2.ku.edu/~clasus/pnwc/principal_courses.shtml):
Social Science (3 hrs.)_____; Humanities (3 hrs.) _____; and three additional courses in foreign language, social sciences, or humanities: ________, ________, ________.
II. General Science Requirements (36-37 hrs.):
_____ CHEM 184 Foundations of Chemistry I (5 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 188 Foundations of Chemistry II (5 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 624 Organic Chemistry I (3 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 625 Organic Chemistry I lab (2 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 626 Organic Chemistry II (3 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 627 Organic Chemistry II lab (2 hrs.)
_____ MATH 115 Calculus I (3 hrs.) and MATH 116 Calculus II (3 hrs.) OR
MATH 121 Calculus I (5 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 570 Statistics (3 hrs.) OR
MATH 365 (3 hrs.) OR
PSYC 300 (3 hrs.)
_____ PHSX 114 and PHSX 115 Coll. Physics I & II (8 hrs.) OR
PHSX 211 and PHSX 212 General Physics I & II (8 hrs.)
III. Molecular Biosciences Requirements (29 hrs.):
_____ BIOL 150 (or 151, Honors) Principles of
Molecular & Cellular Biology (4 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 152 (or 153, Honors) Principles of
Organismal Biology (4 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 350 Principles of Genetics (3 hrs)
_____ BIOL 400 Fundamentals of Microbiology (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 402 Fundamentals of Microbiology Lab (2 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 405 Laboratory in Genetics (2 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 416 Cell Structure and Function (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 430 Molecular Biology Laboratory (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 599 Senior Seminar in Molecular Biosciences (1 hr.)
(must be taken in senior year)
offered only at Edwards Campus
_____ BIOL 600 Introductory Biochemistry (4 hrs.)
IV. General Biology Electives, Seminar and Laboratory Requirements (11 hrs.):
BIOL courses numbered 400 or higher, including at least 2 hrs. of lab credit and 2 hrs. of a seminar/topics course (BIOL 419, 420, 701). No more than 3 hrs. of BIOL 423 Non-Lab Independent Study and/or BIOL 424 Independent Study (combined) can be applied towards the elective requirement with no more than 2 hours of BIOL 424 being applied towards the laboratory requirement.
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